Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

[Moondog55]

Actually doesn't seem to work...? https://www.head-fi.org/threads/new-setup-not-playing-any-audio.970912/

And the correct input on the Modi is selected?

 

[JamminVMI]

He lives in Georgia now. All they have down there is screw caps. And crew cabs.

With rifle racks…

 

[artur9]

...Finnegan and I are barely keeping up....

You've never quantified the difference in workload between you and Finnegan. I'm guessing Finnegan does the lion's share (groan!) so, 75% Finnegan/25% @Paladin79 ...

 

[classfolkphile]

Ain't life grand!!??

Or a brook:

Whats grand is you feeling it's grand. I think the same, daily.

To look at the news, it's nothing but bad times, recriminations, and victimhood.

We share a country, and an apolitical love of music (and gear).

Tomorrows going to a better day (especially with some new Schiit).

Or at least good:

 

[sixergixer]

This image is from my actual phone, not my streamer phone, but the circled portion is the relevant bit.

If I’m playing an album that is supposed to be Hi-Res Lossless, this shows up, but if there’s a *click* on the next, or subsequent, tracks, and I check, that text/click has changed to “Lossless.” Another, later *click* and it’s back to “High-Res Lossless.”

Would be interested to hear from someone who has a DAC that displays sample rate to test, but not interested enough to pursue that hard.

That's the part that is really weird to me. But to be honest, Apple Music is generally buggier and weirder than Spotify (which has its own little niggles) and Qobuz (which is consistently very rock solid.)

 

[sixergixer]

The click between tracks that have different bitrates/depths is normal behavior for several Schiit DACs, and it's been discussed a bit. What's happening with Apple Music re gapless is different, but AFAIK, it's afflicting only some Apple Music (and Qobuz) users on iPhones, while others are reporting no problem running the same tests. I suspect it's something introduced with a new incarnation of iOS, or possibly something between iOS and certain older iPhones.

Ahhh, the natural retrogressive phenomenon of Updates.

 

[r2muchstuff]

Mjolnir 3 (silver) in the house. Arrived early afternoon.
Now nicely warmed up.
HiFiMan Edition XS.
Schiit !!!

 

[cgb3]

Dunno... Buying the best DAC you can afford -- Schiit has a good range -- and driving it from a basic but solid streamer (I use an iFi Zen Stream for my dac2541) gives you a lot more flexibility and I suspect quality/$. Well-regarded streamer/DACs start well above Zen Stream+BF 2/64 and easily go much higher than Yggdrasil+. I'm skeptical of audible streamer benefits above the Zen Stream's price if the DAC is current and well-engineered (which Schiit's DACs are).

Why should I buy a streamer, rather than streaming from my computer?

 

[Balthazar B]

Why should I buy a streamer, rather than streaming from my computer?

Segregation of function/purpose. And reducing potential risk if your streaming application may one day be used as a means of attack to your computer and/or data.

I treat my streamers as IOT devices, and isolate them on a separate VLAN.

 

[cgb3]

Yup some stuff does indeed matter.
This 1998 Creek discrete/op amp I recently changed all the electros, several resistors with Halco and PRP's and even the op amp.
Prior to this massive hiss, noise etc.
Now dead quiet.
"Discrete op amp" my term for all parts thru hole and 1 op amp. In this case even the op amp was thru hole! LOL!
I put it in a set of pins.
Unobtanium for the most part except for Ebay.
Will do some testing with my Schitt stuff for sure.
Alex

I think in another tread, I admitted to owning this very amp. Are your board changes worth it?

I know it's a pain. I'd really appreciate your punch list of changed parts.

 

[Ohno Schiitizen]

Mjolnir 3 (silver) in the house. Arrived early afternoon.
Now nicely warmed up.
HiFiMan Edition XS.
Schiit !!!

A black, 230V MJ3 landed Hong Kong yesterday (Sunday) evening, delivered this morning (Monday) after import clearance.

 

[rkw]

Why should I buy a streamer, rather than streaming from my computer?

For myself, I got a streamer because...

• it allows me to move around with my laptop (not tethered to the DAC)
• I don't need to have my computer running just to play music
• I can control playing music from a phone, tablet, or computer

 

[Timster]

^^^^ This

* Plus it just works, for the wife!

 

[strider1007]

So, interesting experience with the Modi Multibit 2 & AppleMusic…

As we know, the MMB2 clicks when it changes sample rates. Established, fixed a problem, etc.

But, 90% of the time, when streaming music, we listen to albums. We’re both old and old fashioned like that. My teenage niece assures me this sort of behavior is considered odd these days…

Anyway, cue up an album in Apple HifhRes Losless. Press play. Clicking happening in-between certain tracks.

What?

But when I check the display, certain tracks drop down to simply “lossless.” Clicking explained.

Haven’t been able to trace a pattern yet, but it seems like ‘HighRes Lossless” is somehow not always the case (all settings on the iOS device are set to play it when available. Everything is being pulled over WiFi, no Bluetooth, AirPlay, etc.)

So, not sure if it’s somehow bandwidth related (our WiFi is Google Fiber and the junction box (or whatever it’s called) is right outside our house (literally in a corner of our yard) and there’s a WiFi repeater about 6 feet from the streaming device).

Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, and probably not audible (though the clicks are if the room is otherwise quiet), but interesting….

Just curious.. Can you reproduce it?
I mean if you play the same album five times, are the same tracks hi-res, and the same tracks normal res? If so it's probably the way the tracks are supplied, if it changes it might be a bandwidth issue..

 

[Verde And Black]

Just curious.. Can you reproduce it?
I mean if you play the same album five times, are the same tracks hi-res, and the same tracks normal res? If so it's probably the way the tracks are supplied, if it changes it might be a bandwidth issue..

Haven’t tried, but will.

Mostly, noticed the clicks and started looking. I suppose if it’s track, or server, dependent, it should repeat. If Bandwidth, maybe not…

And if it’s repeatable, and different tracks are actually being served at different bitrates on single albums, that says something about Apple Music, but also about me, because I’ve never noticed it audibly and still don’t….